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*One of the famed "Peabody Sisters" of Salem, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894) was one of the most important women of her time. | *One of the famed "Peabody Sisters" of Salem, '''Elizabeth Palmer Peabody''' (1804-1894) was one of the most important women of her time. | ||
She opened and ran two schools in Boston. She later opened and ran the nation's first kindergarten and was largely responsible for the spread of the kindergarten movement in America. | *She opened and ran two schools in Boston. She later opened and ran the nation's first kindergarten and was largely responsible for the spread of the kindergarten movement in America. | ||
*She was also a publisher, one of the first female publishers, printing anti-slavery tracts, children's books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (husband to her sister Sophia) and published, the Dial, a journal of the Transcendentalists who gathered at her Boston bookstore. | *She was also a publisher, one of the first female publishers, printing anti-slavery tracts, children's books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (husband to her sister Sophia) and published, the ''Dial'', a journal of the Transcendentalists who gathered at her Boston bookstore. | ||
*She thought it was important to improve the lives of women and minorities, and founded a school for orphaned children of former slaves. | *She thought it was important to improve the lives of women and minorities, and founded a school for orphaned children of former slaves. | ||
After her death, friends opened the Elizabeth Peabody House, a combination social service agency and kindergarten in Boston | *She was an advocate of antislavery and of Transcendentalism. | ||
*After her death, friends opened the ''Elizabeth Peabody House'', a combination social service agency and kindergarten in Boston, to carry on her work. It is still in operation today. | |||
*She is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts. | |||
[[Category:Browse Index | [[Category:Browse Index]] | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[http:// | *[https://salemweb.com/about-salem/salem-tales/lizzie-peabody/ Elizabeth Peabody] Salem Tales, SalemWeb.com | ||
*Vertical File in the Salem Collection- '''Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer''' | |||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1689857?locg=63 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; a reformer on her own terms] by Bruce A. Ronda, 1999 | |||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1958881?locg=63 Salem Women's Heritage Trail] by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 20. | |||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2172042?locg=63 The Peabody Sisters of Salem] by Louise Hall Tharp | |||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2295764?locg=63 Peabody Sisters: three women who ignited American Romanticism] by Megan Marshall | |||
Latest revision as of 12:00, 14 April 2022
- One of the famed "Peabody Sisters" of Salem, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894) was one of the most important women of her time.
- She opened and ran two schools in Boston. She later opened and ran the nation's first kindergarten and was largely responsible for the spread of the kindergarten movement in America.
- She was also a publisher, one of the first female publishers, printing anti-slavery tracts, children's books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (husband to her sister Sophia) and published, the Dial, a journal of the Transcendentalists who gathered at her Boston bookstore.
- She thought it was important to improve the lives of women and minorities, and founded a school for orphaned children of former slaves.
- She was an advocate of antislavery and of Transcendentalism.
- After her death, friends opened the Elizabeth Peabody House, a combination social service agency and kindergarten in Boston, to carry on her work. It is still in operation today.
- She is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.
See Also
- Elizabeth Peabody Salem Tales, SalemWeb.com
- Vertical File in the Salem Collection- Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer
- Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; a reformer on her own terms by Bruce A. Ronda, 1999
- Salem Women's Heritage Trail by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 20.
- The Peabody Sisters of Salem by Louise Hall Tharp
- Peabody Sisters: three women who ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall
